frightfiction Chapter 217 Entering the Mountain (1)
Chapter 217 Entering the Mountain (1)
A group of people were traveling through the mountains and forests. The person in front would look back from time to time and ask the people behind to catch up.
Liu Jingxue walked in the middle of the team, carrying a prepared bag, bow and arrow, and water bottle, with an axe on her waist.
“Everyone speed up.
It looks like it's going to snow, so we need to inspect more places before it snows."
The leader was Uncle Ji and his son Ji Shihu.
Seeing them in front, Liu Jingxue would check the weeds and branches on the roadside from time to time, and would also look through piles of black things from time to time.
After watching it, I took them to change their route.
Liu Jingxue was very curious and looked at the villagers beside her, "Uncle, what are they doing?"
“These old hunters are very familiar with the habits of animals.
By observing the traces, feces, and smells left by animals, you can tell what kind of animal it was, the direction it was traveling, and how much time has passed.
If it is a social animal, we can even roughly estimate its number." The villager explained patiently.
Thinking of the black thing that Uncle Ji and his son had just picked up and kept smelling, Liu Jingxue confirmed with the villagers.
"What they just smelled, could it be animal feces?"
The villager nodded in the face of Liu Jingxue's incredulous gaze, "That's right."
Liu Jingxue suddenly felt a little uncomfortable in her stomach.
Okay, she shouldn't have asked so many questions. Isn't it better to be a naive person?
She had originally thought about coming here to learn something from others, but now she thinks that it is unnecessary.
She couldn't overcome her own psychological barrier.
Besides, she has no shortage of meat. The wild animals raised on the mountains in the space have already multiplied a lot.
I don’t know how many generations the poultry in captivity have been around.
When I came out this time, I originally planned to release some of the rabbits that were flooding the space.
But then I thought that if I released them now, they would definitely freeze to death in the forest, so I gave up the idea.
If she wanted to eat meat, she could just take it in with just a thought and it would be ready in just a moment.
There is really no need to learn how to track prey, as there is no place to use it even if you learn it.
After this period of practice, with time accelerating, she has been practicing for almost two years and is just one step away from reaching the fourth level of Qi training.
When she reached the fourth floor, her spiritual sense was released. Even without Tuanzi's help, she could detect the situation within a certain range around her. This was much more practical than their methods.
This time when I come here, I'd better be an obedient subordinate and do whatever I'm told.
After walking in the forest for an unknown amount of time, Uncle Ji waved his hand and everyone stopped at the same time.
This was agreed upon before entering the mountain, and a few gestures were set so that everyone could follow orders.
Uncle Ji was listening carefully to the movements around him. Suddenly, the black dog that had been following Uncle Ji obediently growled and became restless.
Uncle Ji seemed to understand something and patted the dog's head.
The black dog suddenly shot out like an arrow.
Uncle Ji just said, "Speed up and catch up," and started chasing the black dog.
"Heizi has found his prey again, everyone hurry up and follow him," someone in the crowd shouted.
When they heard there was prey, everyone started running without saying a word.
After running about a mile, everyone saw the black dog entangled with a group of wild goats.
Several adult wild goats lined up in a row, preparing to attack, with their heads lowered and their hard horns pointed at the black dog.
The remaining adult wild goats surrounded the lamb and protected it.
There were so many sheep and they were so powerful that the black dog didn't dare to do anything rash. It just circled around the flock and kept barking.
Uncle Ji had already arrived there before them, but he did not rush to go on stage. He just hid aside secretly.
Seeing everyone coming over, he reminded them, "Don't shoot unless it's a critical moment in the forest. Use cold weapons."
"Everyone, be careful with your hands. Don't shoot or fire arrows if you are not sure, and don't hurt the black guy."
After Ji Shihu's reminder, he took out the bow and arrow from his back, bent the bow, put the arrow on it and began to aim.
Seeing this, Liu Jingxue also began to aim and shoot.
Although she started slower than Ji Shu and Ji Shihu, she was so fast that it seemed like she didn't need to aim at all.
By the time Ji Shu and Ji Shihu each shot an arrow and hit a wild goat each, she had already hit two.
By the time the others reacted and those with bows and arrows started to shoot, the three of them had already killed half of the prey together.
Perhaps seeing many of their companions suddenly fall down, the remaining goats suddenly panicked and began to run away screaming.
Seeing this, the black dog rushed forward and bit a wild goat that was trying to escape, preventing it from escaping.
The members of the hunting team who had bows and arrows also sped up and shot at the scattered sheep.
With everyone's efforts, all the wild goats were dealt with and none of them escaped.
"Hurry up and collect the prey and retrieve the arrows," Uncle Ji ordered.
There are marks on everyone's arrows, so it's basically impossible to make a mistake.
Uncle Ji carved a snowflake mark on Liu Jingxue's arrow.
After all, each person’s prey is related to the amount of meat that will be divided later, so it cannot be wrong.
If the enemy was not killed by bows and arrows, the spoils would be counted and recorded after each battle.
Then the members of the hunting team got busy.
Some people went to collect the prey, some went to chop wood and make simple sleds to pull the prey.
As the only woman in the hunting team, and a little girl at that, Liu Jingxue wanted to help but was stopped by everyone.
"Liu Zhiqing, there are so many of us here, we don't need your help.
You just go and rest aside."
"Yes, Liu Zhiqing.
We didn't help much just now, so don't compete with us for this little job.
You have just shot so many prey, you must be tired, you should take a rest and get enough rest.
We are still waiting for you to show your prowess and hunt more things later."
Seeing that she couldn't help, Liu Jingxue could only go aside to rest.
However, Tuanzi's scanning function has never been turned off. Since entering the mountain, he has been keeping an eye on everyone's situation.
Once danger is discovered or someone is left behind, Liu Jingxue will be notified immediately.
The person in charge of sorting out the prey came over to report, "Uncle Ji, there are a total of twenty-five sheep.
Liu Zhiqing killed nine of them alone, you and Shi Hu killed ten in total, and the remaining six were killed by other people."
"Okay, write it down and use it when we divide the meat," Uncle Ji instructed.
After listening to what the man said, Ji Shihu gave Liu Jingxue a thumbs up and said, "Liu Zhiqing, you are amazing.
Just now when I saw you shooting arrows, it seemed like you didn’t even need to aim, and every shot was accurate.”
Liu Jingxue took the arrow handed to her and lied, "I was in the army when I was young. I trained with my father since I was young, and I got my accuracy from practice."
"Liu Zhiqing, have you ever fired a gun in the army?" a villager asked curiously.
Liu Jingxue nodded, "We have fired them, but they were blanks for training, not real bullets."
Everyone looked at her with envy.
They have never even touched a real gun, let alone blank bullets.
Even hunting rifles are only owned by a few families in the village.
One villager said, "With Liu Zhiqing here, it looks like we will have a lot of gains this time we go into the mountains, and everyone will be able to share a lot of meat."
After hearing this, Liu Jingxue quickly said, "You can't say that. If Uncle Ji and the others hadn't led us to find the prey, I wouldn't be able to use my skills even if I had them.
So the biggest credit goes to Uncle Ji and his team."
The villager who just said this also reacted, "Yes, the credit goes to Uncle Ji and his friends.
If we didn’t have these veterans in our village, we wouldn’t be able to return with a full load every year.”
"Yes, the people in other production teams are jealous. Their harvest is always less than ours."
Hearing the villagers' discussions, Liu Jingxue secretly breathed a sigh of relief. She didn't want to overshadow the leaders.
What if they are unhappy about this and don’t take them to find more prey?
She was also thinking about getting more meat to bring back.